Chapter 5 Assignment
True or false: Enforcement of Executive Order (E.O.) 11246 by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) includes provisions for private lawsuits by employees and penalties for noncompliance by a contractor.
FALSE
True or false: A job group analysis in an organization must include the percentage of men and majority-group members employed in each job group.
False A job group analysis in an organization must include a list of the job titles for each job group and the percentage of women and minorities it employs in each job group.
True or false: When minority employees experience micro-aggression from majority employees in a workplace on a continuing basis, it sends across a very strong message of inclusion and friendliness over time.
False When minority employees experience micro-aggression from majority employees in a workplace on a continuing basis, it creates a totally different environment for the minority employees than for those in the majority. It also sends a very strong message of noninclusion or even hostility over time.
Which of the following are required not to discriminate against employees on the basis of race, color, religion, gender identity, veteran status, disabilities, or national origin by Executive Order 11246?
Federal contractors
James' boss has asked him to conduct a job group analysis. What does James have to do?
He has to combine the job titles with similar content, wage rates, and opportunities.
According to the Section 706(g) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which of the following affirmative action practices can the court order if a contractor has intentionally engaged in an unlawful employment practice charged in a complaint?
Hiring or reinstatement of employees
Identify a true statement about valuing diversity in a workplace.
It helps employees learn to better deal with differences in the workplace.
Which of the following statements about corporate management compliance evaluations is correct?
It is designed to combat the glass ceiling in employee advancement.
What is the type of affirmative action plan ordered by a court as a remedy for Title VII-based discrimination?
Judicial affirmative action
Which of the following terms describes a statement or action that is an indirect, subtle, or unintentional discrimination against a minority employee?
Microaggression
Executive Order (E.O.) 11246 is enforced by the _____.
Office of Federal Contract Compliance (OFCCP)
In the case of __________, it was determined that a test for promotion of firefighters to certify test scores was discarded because no Blacks and a very small number of Hispanics qualified for promotion at the fire company.
Ricci v. DeStefano
Employers generally engage in voluntary affirmative action as a proactive measure to _____.
avoid discrimination claims after making a determination that there is an underrepresentation of minorities and women in the workplace
The term used to indicate minorities and women in a geographic area who are qualified for a particular position is called _____.
availability
Which of the following must be agreed to by the contractors performing a contract under Section 202 of Executive Order 11246. (Check all that apply.)
+ The contractor will take affirmative action to ensure that the applicant or employee is employed without regard to race. + The contractor will not discriminate against any applicant for employment because of color, religion, race, or national origin.
Identify the components of a job group analysis. (Select all that apply.)
+A list of the job titles for each job group +The percentage of women in each job group +The percentage of minorities in each job group
Identify the true statements about Executive Order 11246 with reference to affirmative action. (Check all that apply.)
+Affirmative action stems from a requirement imposed by Executive Order 11246 and its amendments. +It is a presidential executive order and thus could legally be taken away by a sitting president.
Identify the scenarios that exhibit microaggression in a workplace. (Check all that apply.)
+Delia, being the only woman in her team, finds out that her teammates often go out for drinks and lunch without inviting her. +DeShawn's ideas are often rejected by his white male colleagues, but the same ideas are welcomed when they came from someone in the majority.
Identify the true statements about affirmative action. (Check all that apply.)
+It involves employers bringing minorities into a workplace from which it has been determined that they are excluded. +It prevents the vestiges of discrimination from reflecting in employment practices.
Identify the actions that employers take to value diversity and ensure to, once employees are hired, maximize the opportunity. (Check all that apply.)
+Organizing workplace affinity groups for minority employees +Including diverse actors in advertising and commercials
Identify the penalties imposed on federal contractors for noncompliance with Executive Order (E.O) 11246 by the secretary of labor or the appropriate contracting agency. (Check all that apply.)
+Requesting that the attorney general bring suit to enforce the executive order in cases of violations +Publishing the names of the nonconforming contractors
Identify the true statements about racism in U.S. history. (Check all that apply.)
+Shortly after the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution, Slave Codes were replaced by Black Codes. +The Jim Crow laws kept blacks in very much the same position they had been in during slavery.
Why did the U.S. Supreme Court accept the employer's voluntary affirmative action plan in the case of Johnson v. Transportation Agency, Santa Clara County, California? (Check all that apply.)
+The plan did not unnecessarily trammel male employees' rights. +The plan unsettled no legitimate, firmly rooted expectation of employees.
Identify the true statements about the aspects of an affirmative action plan. (Check all that apply.)
+The qualitative aspect of the plan sets out a course of action for how to address any underrepresentation or underutilization. +The quantitative part of the plan examines the contractor's workplace to get a picture of the existing minority representation.
Identify the measures federal contractors must take to withstand an Office of Federal Contract Compliance Program (OFCCP) audit. (Check all that apply.)
+They must show that they have made good-faith efforts to remove any identified barriers to equal employment opportunity. +They must expand employment opportunities.
Reverse discrimination accounts for about _____ of the charges filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and most of those claims result in no-cause findings.
3 percent
If Larry is taking steps to ensure equal job opportunities to traditionally excluded groups by bringing in qualified women and minorities from which it has been determined they have been excluded, this is an example of __________
Affirmative action
_____ involves the intentional inclusion of qualified women and minorities in the workplace by employers to redress previous exclusion and/or to address existing discrimination.
Affirmative action
Which of the following statements regarding affirmative action is false?
Affirmative action applies to all employees.
The _____ prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, and national origin in employment, education, receipt of federal funds, and public accommodations.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
_____ refers to evaluation of mid- and senior-level employee advancement for artificial barriers to advancement.
Corporate management compliance evaluation
The newest version of how to address the issue of making workplaces more inclusive for everyone is which of the following?
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Section 342 of the _____ required the establishment of an Office of Minority and Women Inclusion in each of the five agencies responsible for enforcement under the statute within six months of the law's enactment.
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010
The idea of diversity and inclusion in workplaces received formal recognition in the _____.
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010
Which of the following helps to determine whether women and minority employees are encountering artificial barriers to advancement to mid- and senior-level corporate management?
Evaluations of corporate management compliance.
Angela had been working as a federal contractor for the past five years. The women and minority workers in her company complained to the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) that they were underrepresented and thus, she should take immediate steps to ensure adequate representation. She refused to remedy the disparities found and was subsequently debarred from further participation in government contracts. This action can be taken against Angela because of the provisions of the
Executive Order 11246.
Which of the following actions can an employer take to include those historically underrepresented in the workplace?
Expanded outreach to groups the employer has not generally made an effort to reach
True or false: Training, hiring, and other attempts to bring into the workplace groups that have historically been left out of the employment process are actions an employer can take to include those who are historically underrepresented in the workplace.
TRUE. Training, hiring, and other attempts to bring into the workplace groups that have historically been left out of the employment process are actions an employer can take to include those who are historically underrepresented in the workplace.
Identify a true statement about placement goals established by a federal contractor.
They are designed to measure progress toward achieving equal employment opportunity.
Which of the following statements about organizational profiles is correct?
They are one method contractors use to determine whether barriers to equal employment opportunity exist in their organization.
The _____ Amendment to the Constitution abolished slavery in 1865.
Thirteenth
John, the chief executive officer (CEO) of a firm, wants to promote a culture that values diversity in his firm. To achieve this goal, which of the following actions should John take?
Tie performance reviews of managers to their measurable support for diversity and inclusion
As a penalty for noncompliance with Executive Order (E.O) 11246, the secretary of labor can recommend to the Department of Justice that proceedings against a federal contractor be instituted under _____ of the Civil Rights Act.
Title VII
When a court orders affirmative action as a means of remedying a proven violation of _____ of the Civil Rights Act, it is known as judicial affirmative action.
Title VII
True or false: According to the Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) part 60-2, an affirmative action plan should be considered an integral part of the way a corporation conducts its business.
True According to the Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) part 60-2, an affirmative action plan should be used to encourage self-evaluation in every aspect of an employment by establishing systems to monitor and examine a contractor's employment decisions and compensation systems to ensure that they are free of discrimination.
True or false: Availability is important to establish a benchmark against which the demographic composition of a contractor's employees can be compared to determine whether barriers to equal employment opportunity may exist within particular job groups.
True According to the regulation regarding discrimination in employment, availability is important to establish a benchmark against which the demographic composition of a contractor's employees can be compared to determine whether barriers to equal employment opportunity may exist within particular job groups.
True or false: In the case of Wygant v. Jackson Board of Education, the U.S. Supreme Court stated that the acceptance of voluntary affirmative action in private employment also applied to public employment.
True The case of Wygant v. Jackson Board of Education answered a lot of questions about affirmative action plans. One of them was that the acceptance of voluntary affirmative action in private employment also applied to public employment.
_____ refers to the situation where there are significantly fewer minorities or women in the workplace than relevant statistics indicate are available.
Underutilization
_____ means being sensitive to and appreciative of differences among groups outside the mainstream and using those differences, coupled with basic human similarities, as a positive force to increase productivity and efficiency and to avoid liability for discrimination.
Valuing diversity
The _____ allowed African Americans to vote for the first time since Reconstruction.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Identify a situation in which a federal contractor is debarred from further participation in government contracts by Executive Order (E.O.) 11246.
When the contractor refuses to remedy underrepresentations of women and minorities in his or her workplace
Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is aimed at realizing the competitive advantage and business opportunity created by a workplace geared to _____.
attract the best talent
If a contractor working with the federal government does not remedy disparities of underrepresentation of women and minorities, they can be __________ from further participation in government contracts.
debarred
Prohibiting a federal contractor from further participation in government contracts is referred to as _____.
debarring
The Davis-Bacon Act required that prevailing local wage rates be paid to workers on projects receiving __________.
federal funds of over $2,000
Affirmative action plans have both quantitative and qualitative aspects. The qualitative part of plans looks at
how to address underrepresentation or underutilization
Affirmative action ordered by a court as a remedy for discrimination found by the court to have occurred, rather than affirmative action arising from Executive Order 11246, is known as _____.
judicial affirmative action
Employees coming into workplaces not used to their presence find the workplace often hostile in subtle, but very real ways. The term for these actions by the majority is _____.
micro-aggression
A(n) _____ shows staffing patterns within a workplace, showing each of the organizational units; their relationship to one another; and the gender, race, and ethnic composition of each unit.
organizational profile
A(n) __________ shows staffing patterns within the workplace and allows contractors to determine whether barriers to equal employment opportunity exist in their organization
organizational profile
Affirmative action plans must be developed according to the rules set forth in the Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) _____ that effectuates the executive order.
part 60-2
A(n) __________ is the percentage of women and minorities to be hired to help alleviate issues pertaining to underrepresentation based on availability in a geographical area.
placement goal
The percentage of women and/or minorities to be hired to correct underrepresentation in a federal contractor's organization, based on their availability in the geographic area, is referred to as a(n) _____.
placement goal
The claim brought by a majority member who feels adversely affected by the use of an employer's affirmative action plan is known as _____.
reverse discrimination
Robert, a white male, filed charges with the EEOC after he was turned down for a promotion because of what he believes is the result of an affirmative action plan. Robert's claim is called:
reverse discrimination.
The _____ can impose a number of penalties on a federal contractor for noncompliance with Executive Order (E.O) 11246.
secretary of labor
According to the EEOC, roughly __________ percent of claims are filed on claims of reverse discrimination.
three
The term __________ means learning to accept and appreciate those who are different from the majority and value their contributions to the workplace.
valuing diversity
An employer decides to institute an affirmative action plan on her or his own, regardless of whether the employer is required to do so under Executive Order (E.O.) 11246, and despite the fact that no one has brought a Title VII case. This is called _____.
voluntary affirmative action
